Engagement Strategies: How to Find and Leverage Partnerships with Community Leaders — Health Equity Forum 2023

This panel was part of the 2023 Health Equity Forum in San Diego, California.

Building relationships with local stakeholders to co-create community informed and centered solutions is essential to addressing health disparities and dismantling systemic inequities. Strategically engaging with community residents involves investing time and resources to nurture authentic, trusting, and sustainable partnerships. This session features organizations that have successfully established relationships in underserved and under-resourced communities. After watching this session, you should have a better understanding of how to establish connections and work within community systems to meet patients’ needs.

Moderator:
Rachel Barron
Senior Manager, Health Equity, Global Genes

Panelists:
* Connie Lee, PsyD
CEO, Alliance to Cure Cavernous Malformation

* Italo M. Brown, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine, Stanford School of Medicine

* Karlla W. Brigatti, MS, CGC
Research Operations Director, Clinic for Special Children